Piracy costs Brazil $15 Billion in lost tax revenue

Source: Michael Astor, AP, “Piracy Fuels Brazil’s Techno Scene,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2007.

1.8 billion music files are illegally downloaded in Brazil each year

Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18.

Counterfeit toys in Brazil create $31 million in losses

Source: Brazil-U.S. Business Council, “Counterfeiting and Piracy in Brazil: The Economic Impact,” 2004, (accessed: October 9. 2005.)

36 million bought fake clothes in Brazil in 2003

36 million people purchased counterfeit clothing in Brazil, spending an estimated $3.64 billion in 2003.
Source: Brazil-U.S. Business Council, “Counterfeiting and Piracy in Brazil: The Economic Impact,” 2004,(accessed: October 9. 2005).

Brazil loses $500 million in tax revenue to fake cigarettes

Source:  Brazil-U.S. Business Council, “Counterfeiting and Piracy in Brazil: The Economic Impact,” 2004, (accessed: October 9. 2005).

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